Three-Person IVF Possible in 2015 per UK Government

The UK is now drafting regulations for the use of “three person IVF” – a technique designed to eliminate certain mitochondrial disease. Mitochondria produce energy within cells, and mitochondrial DNA, which comes only from the mother, determines how mitochondria function in an individual. Three-person IVF replaces “bad” mitochondrial DNA from the mother with mitochondrial DNA from a donor’s egg.

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